Cynthia Kenyon Quotes & Sayings
36 most famous Cynthia Kenyon quotes and sayings (scientist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“I have always gotten a thrill, a kick, from learning new things.”
“Carbohydrates, and especially refined ones like sugar, make you produce lots of extra insulin. I've been keeping my intake really low ever since I discovered this. I've cut out all starch such as potatoes, noodles, rice, bread and pasta.”
“If the aging process is controlled in a similar way in worms and humans, then we can use what we learn about worms to speed our study of higher organisms.”
“The hope is that if we can increase youthfulness, we can postpone age-related diseases.”
“Age is the biggest risk factor for many diseases. You're 100 times more likely to get a tumor at age 65 than age 35. It makes a huge difference. It gives a whole new meaning to preventive medicine.”
“Sugar is the new tobacco.”
“Age is the single largest risk factor for an enormous number of diseases. So if you can essentially postpone aging, then you can have beneficial effects on a whole wide range of disease.”
“Generally, older people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are running most countries and are CEOs of corporations. Which isn't to say there aren't entrepreneurs, but if the young were better in every respect, there'd be no reason for the old. Our life span reflects our particular life strategy.”
“A big tree seemed even more beautiful to me when I imagined thousands of tiny photosynthesis machines inside every leaf. So I went to MIT and worked on bacteria because that's where people knew the most about these switches, how to control the genetics.”
“I eat some fruit every day, but not too much and almost no processed food. I stay away from sweets, except 80 per cent chocolate.”
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